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Convenience stores in Bartow County, GA
The convenience stores in Bartow County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,171 of 2,261 scored counties
#38 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 54
- 35 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $251M
- On groceries · $6,149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,800
- +10.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 54 convenience stores in Bartow County. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Bartow County comes to about $251M a year: $6,149 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Bartow County in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,701 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bartow County grew 10.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Bartow County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,171 of 2,261 scored counties and #38 of 120 scored counties in Georgia.
How Bartow County compares
The same measures for Georgia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Bartow County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,701 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,149 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $82,243 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 24+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $880K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5435 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Bartow County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Bartow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,800+10.5% since 2020
- Households
- 40,819
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $82,243+43.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,843
- Median home value
- $289,000
- Jobs located here
- 44,974
- Daytime population
- 102,506Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 91 | 32 | 5.3 | $12.3M | +12.7% | #26 of 2,261 |
| 2Forsyth County, GA | 89 | 44 | 4.9 | $15.1M | +11.8% | #40 of 2,261 |
| 3Columbia County, GA | 88 | 40 | 7.3 | $9.1M | +7.9% | #65 of 2,261 |
| 4Fayette County, GA | 87 | 24 | 5.4 | $12.8M | +4.7% | #67 of 2,261 |
| 5Cherokee County, GA | 85 | 53 | 5.2 | $13M | +11.6% | #88 of 2,261 |
| 6Oconee County, GA | 85 | 13 | 8.7 | $8.2M | +6.9% | #93 of 2,261 |
| 7Cobb County, GA | 81 | 163 | 5.5 | $12.3M | +3.5% | #138 of 2,261 |
| 8Pickens County, GA | 81 | 9 | 6.7 | $9.2M | +11.4% | #147 of 2,261 |
| 9Effingham County, GA | 80 | 24 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +14.1% | #178 of 2,261 |
| 10Coweta County, GA | 79 | 34 | 6.0 | $10.8M | +9.2% | #189 of 2,261 |
| 38Bartow County, GA | 49 | 54 | 13.2 | $4.6M | +10.5% | #1,171 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Bartow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores49
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Bartow County, GA?
Bartow County has 54 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Bartow County, GA spend on groceries?
About $251M a year, or $6,149 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,819 households in Bartow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bartow County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Bartow County has 13.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.6M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Bartow County would have about 32, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,701 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Bartow County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bartow County at 120,800 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,819 households. Median household income in Bartow County is $82,243, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.2%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Bartow County scores 49 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,171 of 2,261 scored counties.
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